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Professional and short courses

Looking for professional qualifications that fit around your circumstances? Do you want to explore a new discipline, or just enjoy learning for pleasure? If yes, one of our short or professional courses could be for you.

Find your professional or short course

Subject areas

Become a qualified barrister and fight for justice. Paint your local flora and develop your own artistic style. Save lives, train puppies, and create all manner of wonderful things. Whether you're looking for your calling or a new hobby, we have a course for it.

Animal, equine and horticulture

From puppy training to garden design, explore our range of courses taught at Brackenhurst Campus.

Architecture and interior design

From Interior Design for Beginners to learning to use CAD and Blender 3D, develop your architecture or interior design skills at NTU.

Business microcredentials

Whether you're looking for climate solutions, leadership training, or digital marketing upskilling for you and your team, we've got you covered.

Construction and built environment

Discover our courses for construction, including sustainability, digital skills, supply chain management, and more.

Creative writing

Explore our popular courses, spanning sessions for beginners to specialisations in comedy, memoir, and copywriting.

Data science

Learn a new language, from Python to R with our data science courses.

Design and digital arts

Book one of our courses in design and digital arts spanning animation, design software, graphic design and illustration.

Fashion, textiles and costume

Browse courses in fashion design and making, leatherwork, knit, CAD, and more.

Fine art

Discover your inner artist with contemporary painting and drawing courses and experimental techniques in life casting, sculpture and metalwork.

Healthcare

Meet and advance your standards of practice with our professional development courses in healthcare.

Journalism, marketing and PR

Discover our specialist courses for marketing and communication professionals, journalists and web designers.

Law

From SQEs to BTCs and everything in between, browse our law courses and pursue a career in the courtroom.

Photography, film and television

From darkroom to digital, choose from beginners courses or more specialised workshops for professionals.

Product design and furniture making

Explore our design and making courses, suitable for a range of skill levels.

University Language Programme

The University Language Programme (ULP) provides a range of language courses to students, staff and members of the general public. You'll have the opportunity to learn a new language or improve your existing foreign language skills.

Summer schools for 15-17 year olds

Practical courses for the artists, designers and writers of the future who wish to develop a competitive portfolio and experience university life.